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2002-05-16

On September 11, 2001 I was in school working in art class. Mr. Stephens my art teacher, had turned on the television and then the class heard that the World Trade Center had been hit by two planes. Many of my classmates were astonished. We watched the tragedy on television for several minutes. At 10:00 a.m. the television showed the Pentagon in Washington being struck by a plane also.
The sights that my eyes saw on September 11 will be remembered greatly. The thought is that this massacre happened and only because we are hated for being wealthier and more powerful than one country. Many of the people along with myself were shocked by what happened. The World Trade Center was destroyed and the Pentagon experienced unbelievable destruction. The people killed in the destruction of the buildings were a great number. Tragically more than two thousand people, including emergency personnel loss their lives.
My life will be changed by this event in many ways. I now know that many of the people now fear that something else will happen. I myself know now that we can be attacked in many ways. People now live in fear every second, minute, and hour thinking that another attack will happen. The people in the United States have been put through a crisis. We could get through if we stick together to make a strong spirited state.